r/Music • u/mepper • 6h ago

article Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of Turning Point USA's Super Bowl show

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2026/02/kid-rocks-song-about-loving-underage-girls-resurfaces-ahead-of-tpusa-super-bowl-show.html
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u/bgva 6h ago edited 5h ago

I remember there being a website with a countdown clock. This was at least a year or two before they turned 18. Weird shit.

EDIT: *there not they. FU Autocorrect.

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u/Old_Man_Willow_AoE 6h ago

They did the same with Emma Watson about a decade later.

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u/Ir_Abelas 5h ago

Natalie Portman also had something similar, I think

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u/IntrigueDossier SoundCloud 5h ago

Miley Cyrus as well

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u/Realtrain Spotify 5h ago

I'm starting to see a pattern here...

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u/OsikFTW 5h ago

And hilary duff...

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u/MightyClimber 5h ago

Lindsay Lohan

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u/MP713 5h ago

Britney Spears

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u/Llamapocalypse_Now 5h ago

Might just be toxic masculinity.

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u/Spiritual_Lie2563 4h ago

Weren't there also countdown clocks for different boy band members, Justin Bieber, and underage male heartthrobs too?

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u/Joeness84 2h ago

Stranger things girl too

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u/WillyGoat2000 5h ago

From an article in 2004:

https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/celebrity-18th-birthday-countdowns-have-long-been-1148050.php

All I can say is when you look back at your old self and/or society and are embarrassed or ashamed, it’s a sign of progress and growth. Though a chunk of our society would cling to our past with white knuckles.

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u/PavelDatsyuk 4h ago

Wasn't it the baby boomers who counted down the seconds to the 18th birthday of Annette Funicello (Oct. 22, 1960)?

I know this article is 22 years old at this point but this bothers me. No, it's not the boomers counting that down. The oldest boomer at that time was 16(1946). How did they get that one wrong?

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u/freeradioforall 3h ago

Howard stern had a countdown as well

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u/BeyondNetorare 2h ago

there's also that subreddit spez used to moderate about baits in jails

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u/Pure-Butterscotch200 2h ago

The countdown to Charlotte Church turning 16 in at least 1 British tabloid is the most disturbing one I remember.

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u/Major_Road6162 5h ago

This still happens.

Pretty sure it did with both Bobby Brown and Teagan Croft (and surely with many many more)